Upper level: b189 Specific mental functions, other specified and unspecified
Specific mental functions of recognizing and using signs, symbols and other components of a language.
(additional explanation: Individual, mental function that recognizes signature (sign), symbol (symbol), and other linguistic elements, and uses it. )
Inclusions: functions of reception and decryption of spoken, written or other forms of language such as sign language; functions of expression of spoken, written or other forms of language; integrative language functions, spoken and written, such as involved in receptive, expressive, Broca's, Wernicke's and conduction aphasia
Exclusions: attention functions (b140); memory functions (b144); perceptual functions (b156); thought functions (b160); higher-level cognitive functions (b164); calculation functions (b172); mental functions of complex movements (b176); Chapter 2 Sensory Functions and Pain; Chapter 3 Voice and Speech Functions
Lower livel: